Robert I. Lyadov

Robert Ivanovich Lyadov (4 May 1905-12 July 1943) was a Soviet Red Army officer during World War II.

Biography
Robert Ivanovich Lyadov was born in Babruysk, Russian Empire (now in Belarus) on 4 May 1905. Lyadov joined the Red Army in 1923 and entered the officer corps in the late 1930s, surviving the Great Purge. During World War II, he served on the front against Nazi Germany in western Russia, and Lyadov led a squad of riflemen during the Battle of Kursk in 1943. Lyadov was gunned down in the heavy fighting with the German Wehrmacht.